Sawing-machine



(No Model.)

J. A. WELLS.

SAWING MACHINE.

No. 490,696. Patented Jan. 31, 1893.

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JAMES A. WELLS, OF LIBERTY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. BUMP, OFQUINCY, ILLINOIS.

SAWlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,696, dated January31, 1893.

Application filed December 24, 1891- Serial No. 416,067. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. WELLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Liberty, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Sawing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to wood-sawing, and more especially to machinesfor this work adapted to saw out fuel; and the object of the same is toproduce a saw of this character which is attachable to the smoke box andboiler of a stationary or traction engine so that it will occupy butlittle room, be out of the way when not in use, be handy when it isdesired for use, and be movable with the boiler when the latter ismoved.

To this end the invention consists in the construction hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and as illustrated on the accompany sheetof drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective View showing the frontend of an engine boiler with my improved saw attached thereto, andillustrating the manner of belting by which the saw is driven from thedriving-wheel of the engine. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the sameomitting the driving-wheel and belting.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter B designates the boiler of anengine, D the driving-Wheel thereof, M the main belt leading from thedriving-wheel, and T a machine such as a thrasher to which the belt isto impart moti0nthese parts being of the ordinary and well-knownconstruction. Bolted or riveted to the sides of the front end of thesmoke box and the boiler are horizontal arms H in boxes X on which isjournaled a shaft S carrying at one end a small pulley P and at theother end a circular saw 0 which turns through atable or other flatplate F carried by one of the arms H as seen. The latter are braced byinclined braces I extending from near their outer ends beneath andsecured to the boiler. Power is communicated to the pulley P by anoperating-belt O which passes around said pulley and leads thence aroundthe driving-wheel D under the main belt M as shown.

In use, whenever the machine is running the saw 0 will be rapidlyrotated and kindling, fire, or other wood can be sawed thereby; but whenit is desired to throw the saw out of use, the belt 0 can be slipped onor off, the pulley P and wheel D without stopping the motion of thelatter. The whole device is strong but light, and obviously it issupported and carried by the smoke box and the boiler whether the latteris stationary or portable: hence the saw may be used to cut fire-woodfor a traction engine while the same is moving over the road.

What is claimed as new is- The combination with a steam engine andboiler, of horizontal bars secured to and projecting outwardly from thefront end of the smoke-box and the boiler and arranged parallel, a flatplate connected to the under portion of one of the said bars andprojecting at right angles therefrom in a horizontal plane, asaw-mandrel mounted on said bars having a saw on one end thereofrelatively positioned to said plate and a small pulley on the oppositeend of the same, and divergent braces having their inner converging endssecured to the under part of the front of the boiler and their outerends attached to the opposite horizontal bars at the under side of thelatter, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. WELLS. Witnesses:

H. F. BEYER, B. B. BAREN.

